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[Jaysus]

Just bought a nexus 5

Welcome to heaven

Tip: single finger slide from the top for notifications

Double finger slide for quick menu

So many ppl dont know this, and comes in crazy handy

My Nexus 4 already did that imo

yup... and I;ve got Gravity box set up so that a single swipe down near right edge opens the quick setting panel

P.S. How close was the decision for the N5 over the One+ One?

 

[Slapdash]

I have the OG Moto X, so there isn't really much a difference between the Nexus 5 and what I have now. I do really like the Nexus 6 though. I guess once the Moto X gets the L update, I won't be wanting the Nexus 6 as much.

This is probably a really dumb question, but is it a no-brainer to upgrade from KitKat to L when it becomes available?

I've got the '13 Moto X too, and I've only had crap phones in the past. Never upgraded an OS. There's nothing I've read about L that would make me trip over myself to get it at the expense of (I assume) a good chunk of my phone's smallish memory (16GB) and maybe slowing it down (does that happen?)). Especially with the Moto X already doing some of the more exciting L features.

Another dumb question: Do most carriers let you choose to upgrade an OS or not? With VZN, they are all just pushed.

You can always just not download it if you want. They'll push it to your phone, but you don't have to install it.

Pretty sure I've woken up several times to my phone installing it and rebooting.

 

[Ignoramus]

I have the OG Moto X, so there isn't really much a difference between the Nexus 5 and what I have now. I do really like the Nexus 6 though. I guess once the Moto X gets the L update, I won't be wanting the Nexus 6 as much.

This is probably a really dumb question, but is it a no-brainer to upgrade from KitKat to L when it becomes available?

I've got the '13 Moto X too, and I've only had crap phones in the past. Never upgraded an OS. There's nothing I've read about L that would make me trip over myself to get it at the expense of (I assume) a good chunk of my phone's smallish memory (16GB) and maybe slowing it down (does that happen?)). Especially with the Moto X already doing some of the more exciting L features.

Another dumb question: Do most carriers let you choose to upgrade an OS or not? With VZN, they are all just pushed.

You can always just not download it if you want. They'll push it to your phone, but you don't have to install it.

Pretty sure I've woken up several times to my phone installing it and rebooting.

The update... it's coming from... inside the house!

 

[(HULK)]

Just bought a nexus 5

Welcome to heaven

Tip: single finger slide from the top for notifications

Double finger slide for quick menu

So many ppl dont know this, and comes in crazy handy

My Nexus 4 already did that imo

yup... and I;ve got Gravity box set up so that a single swipe down near right edge opens the quick setting panel

P.S. How close was the decision for the N5 over the One+ One?

Very close. The One+ is probably the better phone, but I've loved the Nexus 4 so much I just wanted to stick with a Nexus. Plus, the optical image stabilization played a part since my kids are always blurry in pics.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Anyone ever trying just adding time to your current contract to get a new phone? Is that even possibe?

I am pretty sure that you can sign a new two year contract at most anytime during a current contract.

Interesting. Will you be able to get a new phone as well? I know you can do stuff like that with DirecTV

I am pretty sure that you can... carriers want your money, so they will gladly sell you something new

Checked with a buddy that used to work for Verizon. Won't let you do it. Doesn't really make sense to me. You'd think they'd want my money and to lock me into a contract for longer.

Surprised no one jumped on this. This has always been the case. They're not going to sell you a new $650 phone for $50 every month to get you to keep extending your contract. Never have, never will.

Your only option is to get on one of those plans specifically designed to allow you to upgrade early like Verizon Edge. But even those I believe require you to be a year in and end up being a total ripoff from a $$ standpoint in the long-run (you have to give back your old phone each time and pay more monthly on your plan).

 

[boots11234]

In Chrome is there a way to jump to the top of the page? Also is there a feature like the iPhone has to remove all adds and open a drop down window with the article you are trying to read?

 

[chauncey]

I am on T-Mobile prepaid, service is spotty to terrible in this town I am working in for next few months. If I get an att&t Sim card to use for a few months can I keep my #?

 

[AcerFC]

In Chrome is there a way to jump to the top of the page? Also is there a feature like the iPhone has to remove all adds and open a drop down window with the article you are trying to read?

cant jump

 

[boots11234]

In Chrome is there a way to jump to the top of the page? Also is there a feature like the iPhone has to remove all adds and open a drop down window with the article you are trying to read?

cant jump

So there is no to the top feature? If so that's dumb.

 

[the moops]

port your number to Google voice

 

[boots11234]

port your number to Google voice

Why?

 

[RnR]

port your number to Google voice

Why?

He's not talking to you, Chachi.

 

[Quez]

In Chrome is there a way to jump to the top of the page? Also is there a feature like the iPhone has to remove all adds and open a drop down window with the article you are trying to read?

cant jump

So there is no to the top feature? If so that's dumb.

Google has places for users to make suggestions. You should go submit this one, and who knows they may just hire you!

 

[chauncey]

port your number to Google voice

I already have a GV # I'd like to keep for work reasons. Can I have two GV #s? If so that would probably work. Thanks for answering.

 

[the moops]

port your number to Google voice

I already have a GV # I'd like to keep for work reasons. Can I have two GV #s? If so that would probably work. Thanks for answering.

They charge 20 bucks, so I would sort of assume that they would rather take your 20 bucks and allow you to have two google voice numbers than not allow, but I'm just guessing

 

[MattFancy]

Anyone ever trying just adding time to your current contract to get a new phone? Is that even possibe?

I am pretty sure that you can sign a new two year contract at most anytime during a current contract.

Interesting. Will you be able to get a new phone as well? I know you can do stuff like that with DirecTV

I am pretty sure that you can... carriers want your money, so they will gladly sell you something new

Checked with a buddy that used to work for Verizon. Won't let you do it. Doesn't really make sense to me. You'd think they'd want my money and to lock me into a contract for longer.

Surprised no one jumped on this. This has always been the case. They're not going to sell you a new $650 phone for $50 every month to get you to keep extending your contract. Never have, never will.

Your only option is to get on one of those plans specifically designed to allow you to upgrade early like Verizon Edge. But even those I believe require you to be a year in and end up being a total ripoff from a $$ standpoint in the long-run (you have to give back your old phone each time and pay more monthly on your plan).

I tried to get on Verizon Edge, but I bought a new phone too close to when the program started so they wouldn't let me sign up

 

[belljr]

Edge stinks imo. You can't upgrade your phone until you've paid 50% of the retail price

 

[Quez]

Edge stinks imo. You can't upgrade your phone until you've paid 50% of the retail price

How long does it take to pay 50% on the device? Right now most people on carrier plans aren't eligeable for an upgrade until 2 years.

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Nexus 9 up for pre-order on Amazon

 

[belljr]

Edge stinks imo. You can't upgrade your phone until you've paid 50% of the retail price

How long does it take to pay 50% on the device? Right now most people on carrier plans aren't eligeable for an upgrade until 2 years.

1 year unless you buy it out

 

[belljr]

so my $750 retail price phone I would have had to spend 375 before I can upgrade

 

[chauncey]

Re: Nexus 9

I'm used to the 16:9 ratio of the N7, what are the advantages of a 4:3 ratio? Wider screen for browsing? Black bars when watching videos?

 

[Quez]

so my $750 retail price phone I would have had to spend 375 before I can upgrade

Isn't that still better than 2 years? What is the alternative? Paying in full for the device?

 

[belljr]

so my $750 retail price phone I would have had to spend 375 before I can upgrade

Isn't that still better than 2 years? What is the alternative? Paying in full for the device?

it depends. You'll never own your phone unless you pay full retail so you can't sell it until it's paid off. I have no issues getting a free phone and going 2 years. I know they say they charge you for that on the back end but when I asked about the edge they said your monthly bill was the same and if you do go 2 years you pay slightly more on the edge program

 

[John Bender]

I gotta figure out how to work this.

I can't stand this iPhone and really need to get out of it and scoop the Note 4.

Verizon not going to have in store Notes until 23rd it appears.

I got my iphone "return" window extended to the 21st. They seem to be resistant to me going further.

Can get the Note with 2 year ATT plan for 299.

Early term fee total for Verizon for me is 700 because I also have a separate line for my jet pack (mobile hot spot / $350 x 2 = $700)

Pretty stuck here (not to mention what I said earlier about Verizon's service indoors being pure crap)

I really made a mistake switching to Verizon/iPhone

Unfortunately Tmobile or Nextel isn't an option for me. I get an 18% monthly fee discount with the big 2 carriers, none with the others

 

[belljr]

Go without a phone for 2 days

 

[Brady Marino]

I gotta figure out how to work this.

I can't stand this iPhone and really need to get out of it and scoop the Note 4.

Verizon not going to have in store Notes until 23rd it appears.

I got my iphone "return" window extended to the 21st. They seem to be resistant to me going further.

Can get the Note with 2 year ATT plan for 299.

Early term fee total for Verizon for me is 700 because I also have a separate line for my jet pack (mobile hot spot / $350 x 2 = $700)

Pretty stuck here (not to mention what I said earlier about Verizon's service indoors being pure crap)

I really made a mistake switching to Verizon/iPhone

Unfortunately Tmobile or Nextel isn't an option for me. I get an 18% monthly fee discount with the big 2 carriers, none with the others

Get the AT&T Note, get the sim card early, and put it in an old phone for a couple days. If you don't have one, I'm sure you know someone that does.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

so my $750 retail price phone I would have had to spend 375 before I can upgrade

Isn't that still better than 2 years? What is the alternative? Paying in full for the device?

Yes 1 year is better than 2, but you pay extra for it. Like, a lot extra.

 

[pollardsvision]

http://m.androidcentral.com/new-moto-x-drops-4999-contract-verizon-only-through-weekend

Verizon Moto X is $50 this weekend. Not much off as it's normally only $100. 2 year contract of course.

Probably not a good sign for the Moto X sales I guess.

Leather-backed phones still assembled in the U.S, and about the only thing close to clean Android on the nation's biggest carrier, and they are about to resort to giving them away.

 

[boots11234]

I gotta figure out how to work this.

I can't stand this iPhone and really need to get out of it and scoop the Note 4.

Verizon not going to have in store Notes until 23rd it appears.

I got my iphone "return" window extended to the 21st. They seem to be resistant to me going further.

Can get the Note with 2 year ATT plan for 299.

Early term fee total for Verizon for me is 700 because I also have a separate line for my jet pack (mobile hot spot / $350 x 2 = $700)

Pretty stuck here (not to mention what I said earlier about Verizon's service indoors being pure crap)

I really made a mistake switching to Verizon/iPhone

Unfortunately Tmobile or Nextel isn't an option for me. I get an 18% monthly fee discount with the big 2 carriers, none with the others

What we're you thinking? The 6+ is 2 years behind android. I was hoping for more and was disappointed. I got the note 4 and love it. Was considering the nexus 6 but side by side the note wins on many levels

 

[boots11234]

Seriously considering doing a contract if the Nexus is priced right vs full price. Then the next debate is Note 4 vs Nexus. Each has their own merits but direct updates from Google vs 6 months later may well sway me.

Comes down to how big a android geek you are as that is really the only thing the nexus beats the note 4 in. That and price. Do a side by side. Battery, storage display all go to the note. I actually think anything bigger then the note would be just too big. This thing is huge.

 

[flgator]

Just bought a nexus 5

Welcome to heaven

Tip: single finger slide from the top for notifications

Double finger slide for quick menu

So many ppl dont know this, and comes in crazy handy

I just ordered a Nexus 5 as well. I was waiting for it to drop in price after the Nexus 6 announcement. No drop and the phone was sold out/selling out in everything except 32 GB white. I was hoping for a 32 GB black.

 

[Soulfly3]

Just bought a nexus 5

Welcome to heavenTip: single finger slide from the top for notifications

Double finger slide for quick menu

So many ppl dont know this, and comes in crazy handy

I just ordered a Nexus 5 as well. I was waiting for it to drop in price after the Nexus 6 announcement. No drop and the phone was sold out/selling out in everything except 32 GB white. I was hoping for a 32 GB black.

Was waiting for a drop to buy another, but dont honestly think it will anytime soon.

The price of the N6 is pushing ppl to stick and/or roll w the 5

 

[Jaysus]

I am digging the L-style look of the updated Google Music app.... and the Songza style playlists are neat. I wonder if they will still be an option when I cancel All Access next month?

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Google Announces "Inbox"

Today, we’re introducing something new. It’s called Inbox. Years in the making, Inbox is by the same people who brought you Gmail, but it’s not Gmail: it’s a completely different type of inbox, designed to focus on what really matters.

Email started simply as a way to send digital notes around the office. But fast-forward 30 years and with just the phone in your pocket, you can use email to contact virtually anyone in the world…from your best friend to the owner of that bagel shop you discovered last week.

With this evolution comes new challenges: we get more email now than ever, important information is buried inside messages, and our most important tasks can slip through the cracks—especially when we’re working on our phones. For many of us, dealing with email has become a daily chore that distracts from what we really need to do—rather than helping us get those things done.

If this all sounds familiar, then Inbox is for you. Or more accurately, Inbox works for you. Here are some of the ways Inbox is at your service:

Bundles: stay organized automatically
Inbox expands upon the categories we introduced in Gmail last year, making it easy to deal with similar types of mail all at once. For example, all your purchase receipts or bank statements are neatly grouped together so that you can quickly review and then swipe them out of the way. You can even teach Inbox to adapt to the way you work by choosing which emails you’d like to see grouped together.

Highlights: the important info at a glance
Inbox highlights the key information from important messages, such as flight itineraries, event information, and photos and documents emailed to you by friends and family. Inbox will even display useful information from the web that wasn’t in the original email, such as the real-time status of your flights and package deliveries. Highlights and Bundles work together to give you just the information you need at a glance.

Reminders, Assists, and Snooze: your to-do’s on your own terms Inbox makes it easy to focus on your priorities by letting you add your own Reminders, from picking up the dry cleaning to giving your parents a call. No matter what you need to remember, your inbox becomes a centralized place to keep track of the things you need to get back to.

And speaking of to-do’s, Inbox helps you cross those off your list by providing Assists—handy pieces of information you may need to get the job done. For example, if you write a Reminder to call the hardware store, Inbox will supply the store’s phone number and tell you if it's open. Assists work for your email, too. If you make a restaurant reservation online, Inbox adds a map to your confirmation email. Book a flight online, and Inbox gives a link to check-in.

Of course, not everything needs to be done right now. Whether you’re in an inconvenient place or simply need to focus on something else first, Inbox lets you Snooze away emails and Reminders. You can set them to come back at another time or when you get to a specific location, like your home or your office.

Get started with Inbox
Starting today, we’re sending out the first round of invitations to give Inbox a try, and each new user will be able to invite their friends. If Inbox can’t arrive soon enough for you, you can email us at inbox@google.com to get an invitation as soon as more become available.

When you start using Inbox, you’ll quickly see that it doesn’t feel the same as Gmail—and that’s the point. Gmail’s still there for you, but Inbox is something new. It’s a better way to get back to what matters, and we can’t wait to share it with you.

 

[Soulfly3]

Android 5.0 Lollipop will be released OFFICIALLY on November 3rd.

Will roll out to all nexus devices over the course of that week.

WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MattFancy]

I am digging the L-style look of the updated Google Music app.... and the Songza style playlists are neat. I wonder if they will still be an option when I cancel All Access next month?

Still waiting for this on my Moto X. I got the new Play Store update and it looks really sharp with the material design,

 

[Jaysus]

I am digging the L-style look of the updated Google Music app.... and the Songza style playlists are neat. I wonder if they will still be an option when I cancel All Access next month?

Still waiting for this on my Moto X. I got the new Play Store update and it looks really sharp with the material design,

I, coincidentally, did not get the play store update yet. APKs are floating around for both on AndroidPolice....

 

[MattFancy]

I am digging the L-style look of the updated Google Music app.... and the Songza style playlists are neat. I wonder if they will still be an option when I cancel All Access next month?

Still waiting for this on my Moto X. I got the new Play Store update and it looks really sharp with the material design,

I, coincidentally, did not get the play store update yet. APKs are floating around for both on AndroidPolice....

What's weird is I got the Play Store update on my Moto X, but don't have it yet on my Nexus 7

 

[Gianluca]

Been an iPhone user since day 1 and after the 6 was released I knew it was time to jump ship and got myself an S5 and love it. Still trying to get used to it given I had an iPhone for 7+ years but def glad I made the jump. Wife did the same thing and also enjoying the galaxy.

 

[Dentist]

Been an iPhone user since day 1 and after the 6 was released I knew it was time to jump ship and got myself an S5 and love it. Still trying to get used to it given I had an iPhone for 7+ years but def glad I made the jump. Wife did the same thing and also enjoying the galaxy.

I'm not sure how i could switch platforms. Unless you are someone who doesn't buy any or many apps... wouldn't you lose a lot of content making the switch?

i mean i have the no-ad pro version of about a dozen apps and while that's less than $70 spent, it would still suck to switch.

Having said that, you did the right thing.

 

[Slapdash]

Been an iPhone user since day 1 and after the 6 was released I knew it was time to jump ship and got myself an S5 and love it. Still trying to get used to it given I had an iPhone for 7+ years but def glad I made the jump. Wife did the same thing and also enjoying the galaxy.

I'm not sure how i could switch platforms. Unless you are someone who doesn't buy any or many apps... wouldn't you lose a lot of content making the switch?

i mean i have the no-ad pro version of about a dozen apps and while that's less than $70 spent, it would still suck to switch.

Having said that, you did the right thing.

I've never seen an app I'd pay for

 

[Ray Karpis]

Been an iPhone user since day 1 and after the 6 was released I knew it was time to jump ship and got myself an S5 and love it. Still trying to get used to it given I had an iPhone for 7+ years but def glad I made the jump. Wife did the same thing and also enjoying the galaxy.

WIfe switched from iPhone to the S5 over the weekend...she likes it as well. I've been on Android for 4 years now.

 

[Ignoramus]

Been an iPhone user since day 1 and after the 6 was released I knew it was time to jump ship and got myself an S5 and love it. Still trying to get used to it given I had an iPhone for 7+ years but def glad I made the jump. Wife did the same thing and also enjoying the galaxy.

I'm not sure how i could switch platforms. Unless you are someone who doesn't buy any or many apps... wouldn't you lose a lot of content making the switch?

i mean i have the no-ad pro version of about a dozen apps and while that's less than $70 spent, it would still suck to switch.

Having said that, you did the right thing.

I thought that same thing, but when I really looked at it there were only a handful of apps that I have paid for. Every app I had on IOS (except Facetime) is available on Android. Switching was a breeze.That said, if the iPhone 6 had been out a year ago I probably would not have switched then. Not to say that I regret the decision, it's just that I used to say that with both me and the missus having iPhones and iPads we were entrenched and switching would be difficult. Apple didn't have the device I wanted back then and switching was much less painful than I thought it was going to be.

 

[coyote5]

Google Announces "Inbox"

Today, we’re introducing something new. It’s called Inbox. Years in the making, Inbox is by the same people who brought you Gmail, but it’s not Gmail: it’s a completely different type of inbox, designed to focus on what really matters. Email started simply as a way to send digital notes around the office. But fast-forward 30 years and with just the phone in your pocket, you can use email to contact virtually anyone in the world…from your best friend to the owner of that bagel shop you discovered last week.

With this evolution comes new challenges: we get more email now than ever, important information is buried inside messages, and our most important tasks can slip through the cracks—especially when we’re working on our phones. For many of us, dealing with email has become a daily chore that distracts from what we really need to do—rather than helping us get those things done.

If this all sounds familiar, then Inbox is for you. Or more accurately, Inbox works for you. Here are some of the ways Inbox is at your service:

Bundles: stay organized automatically Inbox expands upon the categories we introduced in Gmail last year, making it easy to deal with similar types of mail all at once. For example, all your purchase receipts or bank statements are neatly grouped together so that you can quickly review and then swipe them out of the way. You can even teach Inbox to adapt to the way you work by choosing which emails you’d like to see grouped together.

Highlights: the important info at a glance

Inbox highlights the key information from important messages, such as flight itineraries, event information, and photos and documents emailed to you by friends and family. Inbox will even display useful information from the web that wasn’t in the original email, such as the real-time status of your flights and package deliveries. Highlights and Bundles work together to give you just the information you need at a glance.

Reminders, Assists, and Snooze: your to-do’s on your own terms Inbox makes it easy to focus on your priorities by letting you add your own Reminders, from picking up the dry cleaning to giving your parents a call. No matter what you need to remember, your inbox becomes a centralized place to keep track of the things you need to get back to.

And speaking of to-do’s, Inbox helps you cross those off your list by providing Assists—handy pieces of information you may need to get the job done. For example, if you write a Reminder to call the hardware store, Inbox will supply the store’s phone number and tell you if it's open. Assists work for your email, too. If you make a restaurant reservation online, Inbox adds a map to your confirmation email. Book a flight online, and Inbox gives a link to check-in.

Of course, not everything needs to be done right now. Whether you’re in an inconvenient place or simply need to focus on something else first, Inbox lets you Snooze away emails and Reminders. You can set them to come back at another time or when you get to a specific location, like your home or your office.Get started with Inbox

Starting today, we’re sending out the first round of invitations to give Inbox a try, and each new user will be able to invite their friends. If Inbox can’t arrive soon enough for you, you can email us at inbox@google.com to get an invitation as soon as more become available.

When you start using Inbox, you’ll quickly see that it doesn’t feel the same as Gmail—and that’s the point. Gmail’s still there for you, but Inbox is something new. It’s a better way to get back to what matters, and we can’t wait to share it with you.

Now let me sort on Sender and we may have something

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Googles Switching from iOS to Android Guide

 

[(HULK)]

Using my Nexus 5 today.

The launcher only have 2 screens and swiping into Google Now is a bit different. Got to figure out a new layout.

And holy cow is this thing BRIGHT red. Kinda regretting that choice at the moment.

 

[Jaysus]

Using my Nexus 5 today.

The launcher only have 2 screens and swiping into Google Now is a bit different. Got to figure out a new layout.

And holy cow is this thing BRIGHT red. Kinda regretting that choice at the moment.

I use the Google Launcher on my Nexus 7, I am a bit indifferent to it. If you want something more similar to what you have give Nova Launcher a test drive, it is great.

And oh yeah, that is a very red red - lol

 

[boots11234]

Been an iPhone user since day 1 and after the 6 was released I knew it was time to jump ship and got myself an S5 and love it. Still trying to get used to it given I had an iPhone for 7+ years but def glad I made the jump. Wife did the same thing and also enjoying the galaxy.

I'm not sure how i could switch platforms. Unless you are someone who doesn't buy any or many apps... wouldn't you lose a lot of content making the switch?

i mean i have the no-ad pro version of about a dozen apps and while that's less than $70 spent, it would still suck to switch.

Having said that, you did the right thing.

I've never seen an app I'd pay for

+calendar is worth every penny. Just an awesome app if you use your calendar a lot.

 

[Jaysus]

So.... who is using Inbox so far?

I am pretty particular about my Gmail inbox, and use all sorts of filtering and labeling to keep the content under control - it works well for me and I am very comfortable with it. I am not so sure how I am going to like Inbox.... that being said, it sure is pretty (and I love how I can snooze emails).b